Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

NA NAYA BPA UOYGB UCGSOGBG. NA PCZ ZOGSOQDOFAZ JAF, NHJAF, CFZ SPODZYAF OF BYCOFOFR UHY BPA DOVAYCBOHF HU CUYOSC. JEGGHDOFO SHQOAZ UCGSOGJ UYHJ JA, VEB BPA FARYH YACSBOHFCYOAG GCVHBCRAZ OB. - JCYSEG RCYKAW, 1937

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).

Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

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One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.## ping list message

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.

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Previous puzzle, Saturday, January 26, 2025

OIQ FI TIOB LBI, SPWCOB QDX XTXMQCIO MLZRLCBO, C ELF QLWBXQXS CO LO LQQXZRQXS LFFLFFCOLQCIO LQQXZRQ, EDXO L JPTTXQ RCXWMXS QDWIPBD ZU XLW. JPQ BIS FLGXS ZX JXMLPFX ZU RPWRIFX CF QI "ZLYX LZXWCML BWXLQ LBLCO". - SIOLTS H. QWPZR

Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

NOT SO LONG AGO, DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, I WAS TARGETED IN AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, WHEN A BULLET PIERCED THROUGH MY EAR. BUT GOD SAVED ME BECAUSE MY PURPOSE IS TO "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN". - DONALD J. TRUMP

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A Change of Views from Yesterday's

[Apparatchik]

Remember that it’s called National Socialism for a reason.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Hitler copied Mussolini. Mussolini was an avowed national socialist.

[ComputerGuy]

What do it all mean?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I mostly ran it as counterpoint to yesterday’s. Marcus Garvey was the original BLM organizer, sucking millions (when that was real money) from the Black community, leading a “back to Africa” movement, and mostly aggrandizing himself and living a luxuriant lifestyle. Taking pride in being a fascist was the cherry on top of the icing on the cake.

[ComputerGuy]

Sometimes I’m a little slow on the uptake. Or so I’ve been told.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It was more than a little obscure. I just thought this was good contrast to my original thought which was to post more of the same author, same speech.

[Magnum44]

[manna]

Thanks.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Steven Tyler]

Wondering if we will ever get to the Truth
https://anthonygflood.com/2019/02/we-were-the-first-fascists-from-garvey-to-farrakhan/

[gitmo]

Trump isn’t one of them.